Service: MSU Campus

These were my goals related to service to MSU, Mankato that were established for Academic Years 2010 to 2014.

  1. Carry out responsibilities as a faculty member of the department
  2. Carry out responsibilities as a faculty member in the College of Education
  3. Carry out responsibilities as a faculty member of MSU, Mankato
  4. Engagement in professional organizations.
  5. Engagement with international students and colleagues at MSU, Mankato.
  6. Other

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Interim Director, Undergraduate Research Center, 2014.
Panel presentation on Cultural Competence to MSU Leadership Institute, 21 February 2014.
Presenter, International Graduate Student Orientation Spring, 2011, Fall, 2011, Spring, 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014
Steering Committee, Undergraduate Research Conference, 2009 to present
Ad Hoc Task Force on Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Works, AY10 – AY11
Acting Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Spring, 2009
Schedule for 2006 visiting scholars from Thailand, October, 2006.
Schedule for 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 visiting scholars from North-Eastern State University, Magadan, Russia.
Participated in MSU Commencement, December, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and May, 2007.
Faculty Representative, Faculty Improvement Committee, IFO, 2013 – present. See sample August 19, 2015 meeting minutes here.
Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Research Council, 2008 – present.
Faculty Adviser, Early Childhood and Elementary Education Club, 2007 – 2009.
Faculty Adviser, Eastern-European Student Organization, 2006 – present.


Department

Member, EEC Department, since AY06.
Chairperson, Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, 2006 – 2008.
Library Liaison (AY06, AY14 and AY15).
Member, EEC Department Scholarship Committee AY11.
Recorder, EEC Department AY06 and AY09.
Member, EEC Social Committee AY06 and AY07
Member, EEC Early Childhood Assessment Committee, AY06 and AY07; completed department assessment report.
Member, EEC Personnel Review Committee, AY06, AY07, and AY08.


College of Education

Member, COE NExT Curriculum Redesign Team, AY12.
Member, COE Assessment Committee, AY10.
Member, COE International Studies Committee, AY06 – AY10
Chairperson, COE International Studies Committee, AY06 and AY07. Here is a link to the COE ISC report in April 2006.
Member, COE Intercultural Research Group / Intercultural Competency and Development, 2012 – present.
Member, COE International Studies Committee, 2005 – 2009; chairperson 2005-2006; member 2006-2008.
Participated in COE Pinning, May 2006, December 2007.
Participated in COE Hooding, December 2006, 2007, 2008 and May, 2007.